Police sorry after they posted ‘racist’ Tweet with the words ‘Officers 1 Immigrants 0’ following raid on suspected illegal workers

Police have issued a grovelling apology after they posted a Tweet with the words ‘Officers 1 Immigrants 0’ which was branded xenophobic and racist.

Surrey Police were left red faced after they wrote the Tweet along with the hashtag ‘We Will Catch Up With You’ following an operation against illegal immigrants resulted in several people being detained.

However within minutes of the posting, at 9.30pm on Thursday night, dozens of people had replied to the Guildford Beat police site, accusing them of being over the top.